From the files of The Citizen

Saturday

Nov 29, 2008 at 3:15 AMNov 29, 2008 at 4:47 AM

Nov. 29, 1949:

The Salvation Army started its Christmas campaign yesterday with the setting out of Christmas Fund donation boxes by Captain Robert Bush in all the business establishments of the local merchants. 225 boxes will be placed in the city. The kettles and bell ringers of the Corps, which have become a Christmas tradition in America, will be on the streets of Laconia this weekend. The Corps headquarters on Hanover Street is being used as a workshop today while the last minute preparations of the equipment are being made.

Senior student nurses at the Laconia Hospital School of Nursing offer knitted mittens, fashioned aprons, baby sets and other articles for their Christmas sale which is being held Friday and Saturday at O'Shea's store. Display of the handicrafts is currently in the window of the Laconia National Bank. The sale will help boost the class treasury.

The number of unemployed persons in Laconia dropped sharply in October from the previous month, according to statistics released by the state Bureau of Labor. Number of unemployed in the Laconia area during October was estimated at 1500 as compared to 1800 in Septmber. In October 1949 there were only 800 jobless, according to the survey.